Meaning of NARROWING
| Pronunciation: | | n'erowing
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- [n] the act of making something narrower
- [n] an instance of becoming narrow
- [n] a decrease in width
- [adj] (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- [adj] becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
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| | Synonyms: | | constricting, constrictive, narrow, tapered, tapering |
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| | Antonyms: | | broadening, broadening, widening, widening | | |
| | See Also: | | bottleneck, change of shape, coarctation, configuration, conformation, constriction, contour, decrease, decrement, form, shape, taper | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nar"row*ing\, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in
breadth or extent.
2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
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| | Definition: | | Unification followed by unfolding. The left-hand side of a rule is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for bound variables. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abbreviation, astriction, astringency, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bottleneck, boycott, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, confining, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, cramping, curtailment, debarment, debarring, decrease, demarcation, diminuendo, disentanglement, disinvolvement, distillation, embargo, exception, exclusion, hourglass, hourglass figure, inadmissibility, injunction, isthmus, knitting, limitative, limiting, lockout, narrow place, neck, nonadmission, omission, preclusion, prohibition, puckering, purification, pursing, reduction, refinement, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restricting, restriction, restrictive, shortening, simplification, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, streamlining, striction, stricture, stripping, stripping down, systole, taboo, taper, tapering, uncluttering, unscrambling, unsnarling, wasp waist, wrinkling |
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